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5,230 videos from 45 channels, each scored from its own subtitle track — vocabulary load and speaking pace. Filter to your level, then watch it on YouTube.

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The number on each thumbnail is its difficulty score out of 100: mostly speaking pace, partly vocabulary load. How it is measured →

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ContentAny Made for learners Real-world content Science & ideas (1,820)Entertainment (1,125)Podcasts (850)Talk shows (447)

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88/1007:06Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge Impressions: Nobody Asked!B1-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

88/10018:057 Days Stranded At SeaB2-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastMrBeast

88/10022:48Can I Survive 24 Hours in the Amazon?B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky

88/10030:39AUTOInside the GLP-1 Gold Rush: Eli Lilly CEO on New Breakthroughs, Addiction & Mental Health, PricingB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastAll-In Podcast

88/10022:37AUTOThese Are the 9 Best Cars I've Ever DrivenB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastDoug DeMuro

88/1001:07:32Discovering Invisible Forces in Our Universe, with Adam RiessB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · very fastStarTalk

89/10023:06This mechanism shrinks when pulledB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastVeritasium

89/1003:11:35Marc Andreessen: Future of the Internet, Technology, and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #386B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastLex Fridman

89/1001:35:14AUTOCoinbase CEO's Top 3 Crypto Trends for 2026 + More from Davos!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastAll-In Podcast

89/10034:26AUTOEssentials: How to Build Strength, Muscle Size & Endurance | Dr. Andy GalpinB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastAndrew Huberman

89/1001:00:04AUTOEnerlux: Rethinking Windows: The Fiberglass DifferenceB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

89/10025:38Lava vs Lasers - Which Is More Destructive?B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastMark Rober

89/10019:49AUTOHere Are the 7 Coolest Practical Performance CarsB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastDoug DeMuro

89/10014:59On the origins of land lifeB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

89/10022:07How Caviar Is Made (Farm To Table)B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

89/10025:05AUTOI Tried The World's Rarest SnacksB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

89/10014:47$1 vs $1,000,000,000 Yacht!B2-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastMrBeast

89/1001:25:43AUTONew BMW 3-Series Revealed! Honda Quits EVs, a Toyota "Raptor" Truck? THIS CAR POD! EP103B2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastDoug DeMuro

89/1001:01:52AUTOEpstein Files Fallout, Nvidia Risks, Burry's Bad Bet, Google's Breakthrough, Tether's BoomB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastAll-In Podcast

89/10012:25AUTOWindows & Doors: Light, Views, and Air-Tightness | Colorado Rehab Episode 4B2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

89/10039:26They Call it "The Taco Turn" and it's Genius - Smarter Every Day 315B2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay

89/10013:24Google Pixel 9/Pro/Fold Impressions: They've Finally Done It?B2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

89/10024:59I Tried Building My Own Space SatelliteB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMark Rober

89/10037:00I Stranded 100 People In The Wilderness For $250,000B2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastMrBeast

English channels, ranked

ChannelsAny Made for learners Real-world content

Ranked by median difficulty, easiest first. The bar is a range, not a label — a channel typically spans a wide stretch of the scale, so one level would be false for its own hardest videos.

#	Channel	Level range (0–100)	Median	Vocabulary range	Pace	Videos	Hours
1	TED-Ed	27–91	50	B2-C2	medium	192	19 h
2	National Geographic	27–89	57	B2-C2	medium	65	81 h
3	TED	22–87	58	B1-C2	fast	69	16 h
4	Essential Craftsman	33–87	63	B1-C2	fast	137	39 h
5	Real Engineering	47–86	64	C1-C2	fast	76	30 h
6	Technology Connections	56–90	67	B2-C2	fast	89	47 h
7	Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell	13–88	68	B2-C2	fast	60	13 h
8	Veritasium	48–92	69	B2-C2	fast	118	56 h
9	Lex Fridman	27–89	70	B1-C1	fast	127	377 h
10	StarTalk	40–91	70	B2-C2	fast	109	98 h
11	Acquired	33–91	71	B2-C2	fast	86	221 h
12	Yes Theory	28–87	72	B1-B2	fast	90	48 h
13	ColdFusion	55–86	72	B2-C2	fast	118	38 h
14	Vox	43–90	72	B2-C2	fast	93	51 h
15	First We Feast	39–97	72	B1-C1	fast	122	41 h
16	Andrew Huberman	45–95	74	B2-C2	fast	145	238 h
17	Practical Engineering	59–89	75	B2-C2	fast	142	41 h
18	Johnny Harris	49–90	75	B2-C2	fast	117	62 h
19	Wendover Productions	52–91	76	B2-C2	fast	129	47 h
20	SciShow	55–96	76	B2-C2	fast	197	48 h
21	Jimmy Kimmel Live	36–87	76	B1-C1	fast	197	42 h
22	WIRED	26–91	77	B1-C2	fast	73	28 h
23	Vanity Fair	38–91	78	B1-C1	fast	96	28 h
24	The Diary Of A CEO	38–92	79	B1-C2	fast	152	316 h
25	All-In Podcast	45–90	81	B2-C2	fast	132	143 h
26	PowerfulJRE	40–90	81	B1-C1	very fast	99	269 h
27	Matt Risinger	55–92	83	B2-C2	very fast	140	54 h
28	Doug DeMuro	65–90	83	B1-C2	very fast	141	100 h
29	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	40–89	84	B1-C1	very fast	32	6 h
30	Drew Binsky	40–97	85	B1-C1	very fast	132	72 h
31	SmarterEveryDay	59–91	86	B1-C2	very fast	54	32 h
32	Adam Ragusea	24–96	87	B2-C2	very fast	186	54 h
33	Marques Brownlee	53–92	87	B2-C2	very fast	127	28 h
34	MrBeast	75–94	87	B1-B2	very fast	92	34 h
35	This Old House	58–94	88	B1-C2	very fast	90	46 h
36	Mark Rober	72–95	89	B2-C2	very fast	43	15 h
37	Joshua Weissman	64–96	90	B2-C2	very fast	117	45 h
38	3Blue1Brown	80–94	91	B2-C2	very fast	58	24 h

The vocabulary range is each channel’s own spread, not a single verdict: in three of every four of its videos the vocabulary starts at the lower level or above and stays at the upper one or below. Its top end tracks how far the rare words reach, so a channel devoted to one subject sits high on it without being hard to follow — the median score is the column that answers that.

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